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Z. T. HALL.

I METAL OASED BOTTLE. No. 449,119; Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ZAGI-IARY TAYLOR HALL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

METAL-CASED BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,119, dated March 31,1891. Application filed September 22,1890. Serial No. 365.827. (No mo del.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ZAOHARY TAYLOR HALL, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at- Phila delphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Seams of Glass-Bottle Casings, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide means for attaching bands, covers, or casings to glass or porcelain ware, chiefly glass bottles of artistic designs and capable of higher ornamentation by embossed or lithographed covers incasing a main part of the same.

In attaching a close -fitting casing to the body of a glass bottle a difficulty arises in disposing of the folded ends, welt, seam, or look of the casing material, so that it will not be seen when the work is done, but an even seamless appearance overall parts of the surface of the perfectly-fitted casing. Not finding that any known joint or seam is capable of such a finish, I have discovered a way to obtain it, consisting of a narrow vertical groove in the bottle itself, in which the Welt, lock, or bent ends of the casing material are depressed and co mpletely hidden, so that externally the casing material at the joint is finished evenly with the rest, and a sightly and Workmanlike finish is obtained with lock and edges thoroughly concealed.

Figure 1 in perspective is a front elevation of a glass bottle with embossed casing, a part of which is broken away to show the groove in the bottle in which my improved seam of the casing lies concealed. Fig. 2 is a crosssection taken on the line X X of Fig. 1 and shows the groove in the bottle and the bent ends of the casing partially locked, and Fig.

3 is the same view with the seam completely finished, so as to leave an external even sur-.

face and the joint concealed. Fig. 4 in perspective shows the general form of a plain casing before it is placed on the bottle. Its bent ends are only to be sprung together and pressed into the groove provided for it on the external surface of the bottle.

Similar letters refer to the same part in each of the views or figures.

A is the casing.

B is the bottle.

0 and c are the uncovered cornice and base of the bottle.

b is the groove on the external surface of the bottle.

d is the seam, welt, or look of the casing. (Shown partly in place in Fig. 2and completely so in Fig. 3.)

d is one part of the lock and d the other.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The glass bottle B, provided with the narrow vertical groove 12, in combination with the metallic casing A, with its locked seam cl embedded and concealed in the said groove b,s ubstantially as shown.

ZACHARY TAYLOR HALL.

Witnesses:

GEO. R. MooRE, II. B. HALL. 

